Category: Podcasts

This Thursday RealAg Radio edition features... you guessed it, a Farmer Rapid Fire! You'll hear from: Ryan Barrett of Kensington, P.E.I., for an update on potato planting. The soil moisture profile has been recharged in his area, which he's thankful for; Emery Huska of Florence, Ont., who's a newcomer to the Farmer Rapid Fire. His... Read More

An important step forward was taken May 27 for the Canadian beef industry, as the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) recognized Canada as negligible risk for Bovine Spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). “The recommendation by the OIE’s Scientific Commission to grant Canada negligible risk status for BSE is a historic closing of the BSE era for... Read More

Nitrous oxide is one of the three main greenhouse gases emitted by agricultural activities, and nitrogen fertilizer management is one of many ways to reduce emissions of nitrous oxide, and to keep our nitrogen where it needs to be for a crop. Wes Anderson, vice president of agronomy with Croptimistic Technologies, has written a blog... Read More

Thanks for tuning into the mid-week edition of RealAg Radio. Today you'll hear: Robert Day, president and CEO of Ceres Global, on their announced canola crushing plant; A TilMOR product spotlight with Rory Cranston of Bayer; Janice Tranberg, CEO of the Alberta Cattle Feeders Association, talks about what's happening with cattle pricing; and, The top... Read More

A million dollar rain (for those that got some precipitation), notes on a hay crop, corn replants, and wheat fungicide T3 timing are just a few of the topics covered in this episode of Wheat Pete's Word. Host Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson also answers all sorts of questions about wheat, including yellowing, a virus in... Read More

Scouting for wireworms starts with looking for bare or thinned patches — after the crop has emerged. Areas where maybe the seedling didn't come up at all, or if they did, they've yellowed at the centre of the plant "If you see that, there could be a couple different reasons why your crop has thinned... Read More

Thanks for tuning into this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio, brought to you by Keep It Clean Canada. You can find more information about the Keep It Clean 2021 product advisory here. On today's show, you'll hear: A product spotlight with Greg Bartley, director of crop production and crop quality at Pulse Canada, on Keep... Read More

Early spring can mean risky temperatures, especially for earlier seeded crops; and if canola has emerged already, there's a risk of frost. If your field has had a touch of frost, the first piece of advice from Autumn Barnes, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada (CCC), is to pump the brakes. "There were... Read More

The rapid expansion in canola processing capacity on the Prairies continues, with the confirmation of another crush plant to be built beside the Canada-U.S. border in southeast Saskatchewan. Ceres Global Ag is planning to build a canola processing plant and refinery beside its existing terminal and international rail crossing southeast of Estevan, at Northgate, Sask.... Read More

Welcome to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio. On today's show you'll hear: Jeremy Boychyn, agronomy specialist at Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions, on temperature changes; Wes Anderson joins us for a SWAT product spotlight; Rob Miller of BASF talks about managing pre-emergence herbicide applications in dry conditions; and, Michael Wunsch of North Dakota... Read More